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Posted about 6 years ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in Children's, Events, Reading Recommendations, Teens | Tagged with #bekind, #worldkindnessday, #worldkindnessday2020

World Kindness Day takes place every year on November 13th. If you weren’t previously aware of this holiday, it’s time you get acquainted! This international holiday was started back in […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Lisa Crisman

Posted in Events | Tagged with Folklife Center, Library of Congress, McGuire VA Medical Center, national parks, Veterans Day, Veterans History Project

Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines armistice as “temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents.” In 1918, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh […]

Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

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Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Adult, Events | Tagged with Civil Rights Act, elections, Law Library, Voting

In Virginia early in-person voting began on September 18, 2020 and ends on October 31, 2020. Why Should You Vote? But, why should you vote? Some reasons are: 1. Voting is […]

Posted about 6 years ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Adult, Events, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with 19th Amendment, African American Women's Suffrage, elections, Law Library, States Rights, Suffrage, U.S. Constitution, VCU Common Book, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Women's Rights

Speaking of Constitution Day Constitution Day is September 17th. Join the Richmond Public Library (RPL) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in celebrating the 19th Amendment this Constitution Day. The […]

Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Events | Tagged with Constitution, Constitution Day, Constitutional Convention, law

September 17 is designated as Constitution Day, also known as Citizenship Day, to memorialize the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787 by delegates to the […]

Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Events | Tagged with 19th Amendment, Carrie Chapman Catt, Civil Rights, equality, Forward into Light Campaign, law, Law Library, Voting, women's movement, Women's Suffrage

August 26 marks the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution giving women the vote. Buildings and landmarks across the country will celebrate by […]

Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on August 18, 1920, gave women the right to vote. Section 1 reads: “The right of citizens of the United States to […]

Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

Posted in Events | Tagged with Emancipation Proclamation, Freedom Day, Holiday, Independence Day, Juneteenth

News of Slavery’s End Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, is the oldest national celebration of slavery’s end in the United States. On June 19, 1865 Union Major General Gordon Granger […]

Posted about 6 years ago by kathryn Coker

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The following is from the Executive Director of the National Archives Foundation. In this time of civil unrest, calling for social justice and an end to racism, we can all […]